Adelphi University
About
Adelphi University, a highly ranked private university in Garden City, NY, is best known for providing a deeply personalized education, with its strongest and most renowned programs housed in the College of Nursing and Public Health, the Derner School of Psychology, and the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business. The campus culture is active and tight-knit, offering students a vibrant community of over 80 clubs, Division II athletics, and a supportive environment that accommodates both commuters and residential students. Distinctively, Adelphi’s beautiful 75-acre campus is a registered arboretum located just 40 minutes from Manhattan, offering students a serene collegiate home base with direct, unparalleled access to elite internships and career opportunities in New York City.
Wikipedia:Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York, United States. Adelphi also has centers in Downtown Brooklyn, Hudson Valley, and Suffolk County in addition to a virtual, online campus for remote students. As of 2026, it had about 7,386 undergraduate and graduate students. The college's origins date to 1863 with the foundation of the Adelphi Academy, and Adelphi College itself was founded in 1893. From 1912 to 1946 the college was a women's college.
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Adelphi University accepts the Common Application. All Common App schools require the personal statement essay. Some schools also require supplemental essays — check the school's page on Common App for current prompts and word limits.
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